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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20782, 17 July 1937, Page 3

“Some men will tell you that women can’t tell good baccy from bad,” said the tobacconist, lighting a cheroot, “but I don't know so much about that. I've a lot of women customers and they seem to know what’s what when they buy cigarettes, anyhow. But bless you. ready-mades are fast dying out. the roll-your-own brigade’s seeing to that! Look at the run on Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold!—the two most popular cigarette tobaccos on the market. Yes, cigarettes are in huge demand, of course, but you take it from me. the pipe will never go out of fashion. Pipe tobaccos? Why, their mere names would fill a book! Which are the mast fancied? Ask me another! But the three toasted pipe brands— Cut Plug No 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish and Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog) sell like hot cakes! Customers used to ask me what toasting was supposed to do, but everybody knows now that It cleans up the nicotine and improves flavour and bouquet. What?—are you off? Well tooraloo! Be good!” ....